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W. E. HIGHFIELD.

WHIP SOCKET.

' No. 395L611. I Patented Oct. 23, 18 8.

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WILLIAM E. HIGHFIELD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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I srncipicaems forming part of Letters Patent No. 891,611, dated October 23, 1888.

Application filed August 3, 1888. Serial No. 281,865.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. HIGH- FIELD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Whip- Sockets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of whip sockets which are provided with retainers for engaging with the whip and preventing the withdrawal of the same, one object of my in vention being to'provide a ready means of retracting the retainers, so as to permit the Withdrawal of the whip, and a further object being to simplify and cheapen the construction of These objects I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a longitudinal section of a whipsocket, showing the retainers in position for engaging with the whip,the latter being shown by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the retainers retracted. Fig. 3 is atransverse section on the line 12, Fig. 1. Fig. dis a transverse section on the line 3 i, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one of the retainers detached from the socket, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the device for retracting the retainers.

A represents the casing of the socket, which, in thepresentinstance, is in theform ofa cylindrical tube having at the top a head or flange, a, carrying the usual notched ring,b,ofrubber or other flexible material.

Within the tube A are opposite spring-arms, B, secured to the tube at their upper ends and having segmental portions d, as shown in Fig. 5,whicl1 serve to engage with the rib or flange a; upon the stock of the whip, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and thus prevent the removal of the whip from the socket until the arms are retracted, so as to free said rib from the control of the same. This retraction of the springarms is effected by means of cams D D, carried by a cap, F, which is confined vertically to, but is free to turn on, a ring, g, secured to thelower end of the tube A. Vhen these cams are in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the downwardly projecting portions f of the spring-arms B are free from control of the cams, and hence the portions (1 of the arms are at liberty to approach each other and confine the Whip; but by turning the cap F and (N0 model.)

its cams to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 said cams act upon the lower projecting ends, f, of the arms and force the same apart to such an extent as to free the rib m on the whip-stock from the control of the portionsd of the arm,thus permitting the withdrawal of the whip from the socket.

The cap F contains, by preference, a spring cup, G, which engages with the lower end of the whip-stock and serves to properly center the same and to maintain its rib or in contact with the portions (1 of the retaining-arms, so as to prevent rattling.

Each of the spring arms is preferably struck up from one piece of metal, as shown in Fig. 5, the lower projecting ends, f, of the arms being offset in respect to the portions (Z of the same, so as not to interfere with the engagement of said portions d with the rib 06 of the Whip-stock, and the tube Aoi' the socket is recessed on each side, as shown at i in Figs. 3 and 4, for the reception of the portions f of the spring-arms when the latter are retracted.

Having thus described my invention,I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination, in a whip-socket,of the outer tube or casing, the internal spring-arms engaging with the whip-stock, and movable cams for acting upon said arms to retract the same, all substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the outer casing, the internal spring-arms engaging with the whipstock, and the cap having cams for acting on said arms, and a spring-cup for receiving the end of the whip-stock, all substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the outer casing, the movable cams within the same, and the springretaining arms, each consisting of a single piece of metal with segmental portions for engaging with the whip-stock, and end portions laterally offset in respect to said segmental portionst-and projecting into the path of the cams, all substantially as specified.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM E. HIGHFIELD.

WVitnesses:

EDWARD M. RILEY, HARRY, SMITH. 

